Grain freeder for thrashers



H. J. F. LUCHSINGER.

GRAIN FEEDER FOR THRASHERSJ APPLICATION FILED Mme. 1920.

, 1 410 334 I Patented Mar. 21, 1922.

UNITED TAT S PATENT orr ce.

HENRY JACQB FREDBICK LUGHSINGER, OF WEYIBUBN, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA.

GRAIN FEEDER FOR THRASHERS.

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Be it known that l, Haney JACOB FRED- nron LUCHSINGER, a subject of the King of Great Britain, a resident of the town of Weyburn, Province of Saskatchewan, D0- minion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grain Feeders for l hrashersa of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in carrier feeders fol-grain thrashers.

In carrier feeders at present manufactured for standard types of grain thrashers it is found, that as the bundles of grainare delivered to the carriers, some of the bundles fall sidewise instead of lengthwise and thus become lodged between the side walls of the carrier.

Under such circumstances a blockage takes place resulting in the machinery speeding up to too high a speed, so that con sequently grain is thrown over into the stack.

hen this blockage or jam is loosened by a fork too much unthrashed grain passes into the thrasher at one time, and the result again is that grain is thrown over into the stack.

The objects of the present invention are to eliminate these objectionsand to provide means for automatically righting the position of the bundles of grain on the carrier, and if the bundles are thrown crosswise of the carrier they will'be mechanically and automatically brought into the proper alignment and fed to the thrasher, thus eliminat ing all possibilities of blocking or jamming.

Further objects are to prevent any loss of grain from the carrier during the feeding of the bundles to the thrasher, to simplify the several parts, and generally to adapt the carrier to better perform the functions rcquired of it. v

Viith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists essentially of the int proved construction particularly described and set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings forming part of the same.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the walls of a carrier embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is an end view in part only of a carrier showing a lower fixed side wall and means for actuating an upper movable por tion of the side walls.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Ma1-.,21, 1922.

Application filed March 6, 1920. Serial No. 363,914. I

Figure'8 is a plan view of the movable portion of the side wall, and showing the plate for preventing loss of grain during the lateral movement of the side wall.

Like characters of reference refer to like parts in theseveral figures.

Referring to the drawings; A represents a feeder provided with side walls B each formed of a lower fixed portion 10and an upper movable portion 11.

In the lower fixed portion 10 of the side wall of the feeder the main driving shaft 12 is journalled, and the ends of the shaft overhang the said fixed portion and are provided with bevelled gears 13.

Only one completed side wall B is illustrated but it will be understood that there are two walls, one on each side of the carrier.

Each bevelled gear 13 meshes with a gear 14 carried by a vertically disposed crank shaft 15 which is journalled in a suitable bearing 16. The laterally extending covering plate 18 also forms a bearing and terminates atthe outer edge in a vertically disposed flange 19. 1

Each lower portion 10 of the side wall is provided adjacent to the front end with an elongated orifice 20 with which the pin 21 carried by the vertically disposed bar 22 engages, the said bar 22 being connected to portion 11 has a bracket 26 secured thereto,

and formed with an offset arm 27 which engages with the crank shaft 15.

hen a thrasher equipped with this form of feeder is in use andbundles of grain are thrown sidewise onto the carrier A, and during-the operation ofthe carrier the upper portions 11 of the side walls B are reciprocated longitudinally and have a simultaneously lateral movement due to the rotation of the crank shaft 15.

It will be evident that the flanged vertical edges25 of the bars 24 will engage with the bundles lying transversely of the carrier A, and the inward and longitudinal movement of the side members 11 will cause the flanges 25 to turn the bundles of grain longitudinally on the carrier iii, and thus permit or their being fed to the thrasher;

-It will be evident that when the upper portions 11 of the side walls B are moved laterally inwardly of the carrier that a space will be left between the upper and lower portions 11 and 10 oi the said side walls, but this space is bridged by the tapered plates 18 which thus preventany loss of grain from the carrier.

This form of carrler may be advantalgeously utilized on any standard type, of

thrasher at present in use,and the movement of the upper portions of the'side walls is so controlled that-itv is simultaneous with the operation ofthe carrier. There are no :working parts concealed or likely to get out of repair, and the device is or an extremely simple nature capable of being readily inspected at all times.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many widely different embodiments of my invention within the scope of the claims, constructed without departing from the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanying specification and drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

What I claim'as my invention is:

1. In a carrier feeder, side walls each formed in two portions, one portion being fixed, and the other portion adapted to be moved longitudinally and laterally,'a cov ering plate between the two portions of each wall and sheaf engaging means carried by the movable portion.

2. In a carrier feeder, sidewalls each formed in two portions, one portion being fixed, and the other portion adapted to be moved longitudinally and laterally, a plate between the upper and lower portions of each wall, bars on the upper wall having angularly disposed flanges and sheaf engaging means carried by the movable portion.

3. In a carrier feeder and in combination, a fixed wall, a movable wallmounted above the same, the fixed wall having a longitudinal slot therein, a bar carried by the movable wall having a pin extending in the longitudinal slot, sheai engaging means on the movable wall a crank member suitably journalled on the fixed wall, bracket on the movable wall engaging the crankmemher and means for driving the crank inem her.

'4. In a carrier feeder and in combination,

a fixed wall, a movable wall mounted above the same, the fixed wall having a longitudinal slot therein, sheaf engaging means on the movable wall, abar carried by the movable wall having a pin extending in the longitudinal slot, a crank member suitably HENRY JAEUB FREDRICK LUCHSINGER.

Witnesses i M. A. MILLER, H. U. MURPHY. 

